將

Glyph origin
– to offer meat as tribute by putting it on the table.

The component is on its side, hence resembles  with an added dot; compare,.

Shuowen erroneously considers the phonetic component of to be  (abbreviated).

Etymology
A conflation of two roots: “to take; to hold” and “will; be going to; near”.


 * “to take; to hold” (Pronunciations 1, 2 and 3)
 * : compare 🇨🇬.


 * “will; be going to; near” (Pronunciation 1)
 * : compare 🇨🇬 < 🇨🇬. Cognate with.


 * anteposed object introductory particle
 * notes that 將 as well as several other particles like and  could in Early Classical Chinese topicalize a noun phrase, including predicate objects who are recapitulated with the verb by the pronoun, leading effectively to a construction in the form of "將 O 是 V" ("to V O"), which he notes is superficially similar to the later colloquial usage of 將 and 把.

Definitions

 * 1) will; going to
 * 2)  soon; in the near future
 * 3)  nearly; almost
 * 4) 78th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "on the verge" (𝍓)
 * 5)  just; just now
 * 6)  certainly; surely
 * 7)  to take; to hold; to fetch
 * 8)  by; by means of; with
 * 9)  also; half ... half ...; or
 * 10)  if; in the case that ...
 * 11)  to support; to assist
 * 12)  to advance; to go
 * 13)  to take orders; to follow
 * 14)  to see off; to send off
 * 15)  to take along; to bring
 * 16)  to use; to utilise
 * 17)  to handle; to deal with
 * 18)  to eat; to have
 * 19)  to lead; to guide
 * 20)  to submit to; to be obedient to
 * 21)  to provide for
 * 22)  to recuperate; to maintain; to take care of one's health
 * 23)  to express; to convey
 * 24)  to incite someone to action
 * 25)  to bear (an offspring); to give birth
 * 26)  to check
 * 1)  to lead; to guide
 * 2)  to submit to; to be obedient to
 * 3)  to provide for
 * 4)  to recuperate; to maintain; to take care of one's health
 * 5)  to express; to convey
 * 6)  to incite someone to action
 * 7)  to bear (an offspring); to give birth
 * 8)  to check
 * 1)  to check

Usage notes
In Cantonese, when used for introducing the object of a verb, the action should involve a change or movement of the object.

Definitions

 * 1)  to command; to lead
 * 2)  general
 * 3) high-ranking military officer
 * 4)  general; king (on the black side)
 * 5)  dab hand (at something); capable person

Definitions

 * 1)  to ask; to request; to invite

Readings
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Etymology
Nominalization of verb.

Etymology 1
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Etymology 2
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Adverb

 * 1) by chance
 * 2) also

Noun